-tribune.
TWO CENTS.
SCRANTON, PAM FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1897.
TWO CENTS
THE CAPITOL WRANGLE
Against Vigorous Protest
the Commission Re
jects All Plans.
THE GOVERNOR DISGUSTED
Witdraws from Meeting and
Will Probably Resign.
Tho Proposed New Capltol Will Not
He Iluilt in Time Tor tliu Meeting oi
the Next Iicglgiitiirc--Wlilla tlic
Governor Protested, tlio Commis
sion Rejected All Iiids Received.
The Governor's I'ormal iiuttcr of
Disapproval.
Harrlsbuig, Sept. 9. The proposed
cnpltol will not be erected in time for
the meeting of the next legislature as
required by the act appropiiatlng 1550,
000 for a new state house. This was
settled thl afternoon when the capltol
commission, against tho lgoious pro
test of Governor Hastings, rejected all
the plans recommended by the boaid of
experts and will ask thu architects for
new ones The goernor was so dis
pleased with the action of his colleagues
that he withdrew from the meeting and
declined to futther participate in its
proceedings. It Is expected that he w HI
resign fioin the commission. The gov
ernor's friends assert that ho has no
alternative.
The commission was In session in the
executive chamber for neatly three
hours discussing the question of select
ing a plan for the proposed capltol.
Senator McCarrell, of Harrlsburg, sub
mitted a resolution disapproving tho
action of the lioard of experts in ex
cluding from the competition of archi
tects the designs of Harding & Gooch,
of New York, and Fumlss, Evans &
Co., of .Philadelphia. Tho resolution
also provides that the envelopes con
taining the names of the thirty competi
tors be requested of Judge SImonton
and opsnefl, and that if the names of
the two plans thrown out bo found,
among them that all designs be sent
back to the competiting architects.
Senator McCarrell and Auditor Gen
eral Mylln spoke against the recommen
dation of the board of experts and urg
ed thf adoption of the resolution. Gov
ernor Hastings was emphatically op
posed to the resolution and made a
formal statement which he requested to
he placed on tho minuter of the com
mission. John McCnrreie.of New York,
speaking for the board of experts, said
that they had acted in what could be
termed a Judicial capacity, that their
report should be accepted as final and
that thy declined to make another ex
amination of the rejected drawings.
VOTC ON THE RESOLUTION.
The resolution was adopted by a vote
of four to one, Governor Hastings vot
ing in the negative. Those favoring
me resolution were Auditor General
Mylln. Senator McCarrell, State Treas
urer Haywood and Speaker Boyer. The
governor called Speaker Boyer to the
chair after the vote was announced
and retired from the room in company
with Attorney General McCormlck.who
acted as legal adviser of the commis
sion. Professor "Warren P. Laird, of
Philadelphia, professional adviser of
the commission, protested against the
adoption of the resolution as the rep
resentative of his profession.
Air. Laird also filed a written protest
which sets forth that all of the con
tentlons upon which the action of the
commission was based, is Immaterial
and not germane to the vital points at
issue and that they are calculated to
confuse and cloud tho issue A second
resolution was offered by Senator Mc
Carrell and adopted, after which the
commission adjourned to meet next
Monday. Gov ernor Hastings sent w ord
by Private Secretary Beltler that he
would not attend the meetings. The
second resolution annuls and cancels
all the provisions of the competition,
save only those piovislons describing
the buildings to be covered by the de
signs and the grounds to be occupied
thereby and the mandatory provisions
limning the cost of the legislative
building.
The resolution further provides that
"In order to procure a satisfactory de
sign with the least possible further de
lay, the secretary Is hereby authorized
to notify all architects who have pre
viously submitted designs that the
commissioners will, at the executive
department, Harrlsburg, Pa , on the
29th day of September, 1807, at noon,
receive such designs for the buildings
mentioned In the aforesaid programme,
as they or any of them, may then de
sire to submit; the commissioners in
sisting that all designs submitted for
the legislative building shall be of such
size and form, and provide for such
arrangement of rooms as may be nec
essary for the convenient uso of the
general assembly, within tho limit of
statutory appropriation; particularly
requesting that in said designs provis
ions be made for tho direct admission
of light and air from tho exterior to the
rooms designed for the senate and
house of representatives, and expressly
reserving to themselves after examina
tion and conference with their archi
tectural advisers tho right to reject
any and all plans so submitted, as also
the right to fix the compensation to be
allowed to any of tho architects for
such plans."
THE GOVERNOR'S PROTEST.
Governor Hastings' formal protest
against the action of tho commission
follows:
I desire to say, my fellow commission
ers, most sriowly and with great earn
estness, that in my opinion, if you fo!
low the course supgestid bv the pream
ble and resolution presented by Senator
McCarrell, you ar not only acting In bad
faith to every arcrtteet who has submit
ted his plans, but you will be violating tho
faith and credit of this commission and
violating tho honor of tho commonwealth.
This programme is our creation. This
commission spent four or llvo weeks In
is preparation. Wo have gone over every
nrtlclo and section, line by line. It Is our
own work fiom beginning to end. Wo
signed our names to It and In good faith
wo sent It out to tho architects of the
country and asked that In response to
that invitation to como and submit their
drawings for a new capltol. Wo laid out
with great care, and as I believe, with ex
cellent Judgment, tho rules by which Ihe
best architect was to bo selected. Every
provision of this programme has been
carried out In perfect good faith on all
hands by this commission and by tho
board of oxperts and I submit to you
that thero has not been a single act
dono by tho beard of experts that has not
been In strict accordance with the pro
gramme which wo prepared for them. Wo
are responsible for all that they havo
done. We selected Profesor Laird as our
adviser and tho six architects, who wo
Invited to submit plans and whom wo
agreed to pay, selected tho Eecond mem
ber of tho board of experts and those two
selected tho third. When they came to
examine the diawlngs submitted, tiny
conformed strictly to our rule. Thirty
plans wero submitted to tho boiid. Two
of thorn wero grossly violative of the pro
visions of tho programmo and the board
had nothing whatever to do but to con
form to tho prcgramme and exclude them
from tho cxn petition as tho commission
has directed tl em to do. Then the board
of experts camo to Harrlsburg at our In
vitation and they spent ten dajs in exam
ining tho twcnt -eight plans. Wo com
missioners are lajmen. Wo have selected
as a board of experts three of the most
distinguished membeis of the profession
In this country and they have done their
work thoroughly and with fairness to all
competitors. Tho preamble and resolu
tion now before jou Is grossly misleading
and unjust and unfair in its statement of
facts. Tho allegation tnat wo havo dele
gated our power to tho boaid of experts
is without fourdatlon. We are all lay
men without technical knowledge of arch
itecture. Theso gentlemen, under the pro
visions of the progiamme, were called in
to assist us and we provided the method
by which they should aid us. Thel se
lected from the wholo number eight draw
ings, which in their Judgment, were con
sidered best and indicative of the best
architectural talent and this they wore
required to do by the terms of our pio
gramme, wo reserving to ourselves tho
right to select tho author of any one ot
thoso eight plans. No one who has exam
ined theso eight plans as wo havo done
will dare say that any one of them would
mako a crcdltablo capltol building. More
than three months were occupied In the
study of tho problem and tho preparation
of tho plans. It Is proposed by the reso
lution which tho gentleman says will fol
low tho ono now under consideration to
Invito other plans. Thero Is no time for
this. No architect can take up the study
of tho problem and master It In two or
threo weeks and should this resolution
pass, nono of tho (best architects of tho
country will likely enter the competition
and tho most that you may hope for will
bo that some of tho plans now before the
board may bo re-submitted with tho
knowledgo of their authorship.
GROUNDS TOR ACTION.
Tho only gronnds that aro offered for
tho aotlon proposed In this resolution uro
these: Tho llrst is that two of tho draw
ings presented were thrown out ot the
competition. Tho answer to this Is that
tho board of experts had no discretion in
tho matter. That they wero required by
our own rules to throw them out because
of tho gross violation of tho provisions
which we authoilzed and made.
Tho sec ml ground Is that the capltol
building cannot be erected according to
any of thoso plans for tho amount appro
priated by tho legislature. The emphatic
and conclusivo reply to this is that jou
havo Just listened to tho statement nude
by the threo architects composing tho
board of experts hero present that each
and every ono of the plans proposed can
bo faithfully and substantially carried out
within tho appropriation of live hundred
and flfty thousand dollars, tho programmo
containing tho express provision that tho
architect when selected should so revise,
modify, alter or change the plans as will
bring the character of tho building and
Its cost within tho requirements of tho
commission.
Tho third reason Is hardly worthy of
mention, tho allegation being that one of
tho experts, after the board had completed
its work and mado Its report to this com
mission said to some one, who was not a
oomipietltor, hat ono of tho two re
jected drawings had been rejected be
cause mado in v lolatlon of our rules. This
remark, If made, could havo no moio ef
fect upon tho Integrity of this contest
than tho remarks of a Judge would have
in explanation of a Judgment of the court
w hlch ho had previously rendered.
Another suggestion has been mado
which may deservo consideration. It has
been stated that the eight plans lecom
mended by the board of experts pio
vlde for Interior chambers for tho senate
and houso of representatives tequlilng to
some extent artificial light and ventila
tion. This objection is as unique as those
heretofore referred to. As a matter of
fact, it Is not true that in all of tho eight
plana tho senato chamber and house, of
lepresentatives aro sunounded by cor
ridors or rooms. But if they were, this
commission has amnio power by requir
ing tho architect selected to so modiry,
chango and alter his plans as will make
them conform to tfny requirements of the
commission As already stated, tho com
mission reserves to Itself the right to re
quire of the architect selected any chango
or revision of his plans that In Its Judg
ment would best servo tho Interests of tho
commonwealth. The position therefore
that tho commission toy the selection of an
architect submitting a particular plan
would bo bound to place tho chambers of
the two branches of tho leguslaturc as
Indicated in "tho plan cannot bo upheld and
Is directly refuted by tho terms or the
programme Itself,
IN BAD FAITH.
In my Judgment, if wo take tho stcn
proposed, in this resolution, It will bo act
ing in bad faith to ourselves, in bad faith
to tho architects whom we Invited to com
peto and in bad faith to the people of tho
commonwealth to whom wo aro responsi
ble. I am In favor of carrying out tho
programme as originally prepared in per
fect good faith to all. I know no architect
and I know no contractor. Thero shall be
no favoritism so far as I am concerned.
I want to get tho best plans and tho best
architect, and I deslro further to say
that If you take the step which you now
propose, you aro llkoly to plungo this com
mission Into a legal struggle of which
we will not seo the ond during our terms
of ofllce, not ono of us. This action will
mean that wo will have no capltol for tho
next legislature; that wo havo turned our
backs upon our word of honor; that we
havo broken our promises to all competit
ors. I hopo you will not take tho step. I
warn you of the pllfa'.ls you are preparing
for yourselves. It will subject this com
mission to publio criticism that unfortu
nately for us will be just.
MR. LAMBERT DECLINES.
Hns Nn Deslro to Amunno tho Dulles
ol General Keedor's l'n.itlou.
Harrlsburg, Sept. 9. Governor Hastings
received a letter this afternoon from In-
suranco Commissioner Lambert declining
tho offer of tho position of secretary ot
tho commonwealth for pcisonal reasons
known to tho executive. "My personal re
lations with jou for many years," Col
onel Lambert adds, "and my olllclal re
lations during tho time I havo held tho
lnsuranco commlsslonershlp, havo been
such as could not bo In any wlso strength
ened by my transfer to another position."
The governor has not yet selected a
man for General Reeder's placo and prob
ably will not for several dajs.
FAILURE OF BROKERS.
Now York rum Tliut Had Extensive,
Business Relations In This City
Makes nn Asslgiiincnt--Locnl Ellcct
oT the 1'nilurc.
Now York, Sept. 9 Tho brokerage firm
of James II. Wlllard & Co., with ofilccs
In this city, Philadelphia, Washington,
Buffalo, Montreal and Scranton, Wllkes
Barre and York, Pa., failed today, with
preferences for $20,000 to William H. Os
terhout, of Rldgeway, Pa. Mr. Osterhout
said tho amount duo him was a person,
al loan.
Tho concern was ono of tho most ex
tensive of its kind In tho country and
although no figures aro jet obtainable,
it Is estimated that tho liabilities will
reach $1,000,000.
Tho Jlrm consisted of Mr. Wlllard, El
mer Dwlgglns and Jay Dwigglns, who Is
travelling In Europe. Tho Dwlgglns
brothers arc nephews of Zlmrl Dwlg
glns, who founded n large sjstem of
country banks In Illinois, Indiana and
other western states, most of which col
lapsed In the panic of 1S9J
An assignment to James L Starbuck
has been made. Many of tho firm's cus
tomers gathered In tho office during tho
day and were loud In their condemnation
of tho Action of the firm In closing them
out without notice. Confidential Clerk
Arbogast admitted that he was the head
of tho firm of Abrogast & Co , of Chica
go. Ho denied that tho business had
been closed by tho Chicago police.
As a result of tho failure, La Bar &
Tullcr, brokers with ofilccs In the Board
of Trado building, and L. N. Miller, who
had a biokcrago office In tho rear of
Moses' cigar store on Wyoming avenue,
did not do any business jesterday. In
tho morning Mr. Miller appeared at his
office and heard the news of the failure.
Ho left tho ofilco at once and was not
seen again during tho day.
Mr. Fuller, of La Bar & Tullcr, said
that they would practlcallj have to sus
pend business until they mado arrange
ments with other New York brokers.
Mr. Miller has been In this city only
about two months. He Is said to havo
been tho personal representative hero of
tho embarrassed firm.
Henry Bodner, of Wllkes-Barre, yes
terday obtained a writ here attaching all
money to tho credit of Wlllard & Co , In
tho Plrst, Third and Traders' National
bank and tho Scranton Sav Ings bank. He
Is represented by Attorney E. C. New
comb. WHEAT STILL CLIMBING.
It Reaches the Highest Point Since
August 23.
Chicago, Sept. 9 Wheat took another
long step toward tho dollar mark today.
Tho December option closed at 97 or l'g
abovo yesterday's closing. Heavy sea
board engagements and bad reports of
continental crops wero consplcuuos fac
tors In tho advance.
Tho opening was sluggish nnd nt a
shade under yesterday's closing price.
December started at OJ'iSOo'i and sold
down to 9568 before any strength was
shown or support began The weakness
was duo to opening declines at Liverpool
and Paris. Foreign advices, however,
changed tho stato of affairs about half
nn hour from tho opening. It was stated
In dispatches from Odessa that tho crisis
In tho grain trade In Southern Russia
had been enhanced by the Influx of half
a score of Hungarian commlssloncrs.who
were purchasing wheat at any price they
could obtain It for. It was .also stated
that tho government had mado extraor
dinary purchases of grain for food re
sorvo as a precaution against another
famine. A more urgent demand arose
and December ndvaneed to 9778. Sudden
Jumps In tho prices wero unavoidable as
December wheat was not for sale after
the first half hour, but -any one who did
not have It previously bought and the
advanco to 97Ts was attended by many
fluctuations.
Now York, Sept. 9 Wheat mado a
gain of about two cents a bushel today,
reaching tho highest point since Aug. 23,
when It sold at J1.0P4. Shorts wero ac
tive bujers, Inspired by sensational cable
stories to tho effect that Hungary was
a largo purchaser of Itusslan wheat to
supply homo deficiencies. Some of tho
local bulls wero talking $1 23 for Septem
ber In New York, but conservative trad
ers scouted tho Idea
A belief that tomorrow's government
report would bo bullish helped along tho
bull sentiment. December sold from $1
to $1 02 and closed nt Jl.Ol's or l'i cents
higher than last night.
HAZLET0N STRIKE
STEADILY' GROWING
It Is Snld That Ncnrlv 8,000 Men Aro
Now Idle--Arrnucemcnts Tor n Gen
eral Meeting.
Hazleton, Sept. 9. Tho striking miners
continued marching today. They march
ed to Beaver Meadows colliery and beforo
they had been dispersed by the deputies,
they drovo all the employes from tho
mine.
Thero aro moro miners Idlo today than
slnco the strlko began. It Is said that
nearly 8,000 aro on strike.
Manager Law all failed to meet tho
men today, and matters aro now moro
complicated than ever.
Tonight nnungements nro being mado
by tho miners' union for a general meet
ing and tho indications aro that 25,00)
men will strlko within a week. This cm
braces tho entlro Lehigh field.
Killed Ii - the Cars.
Allcntown, Pa., Sept. 9. Jacob Sw-oo-yer,
aged 71, of this city, was killed on
the Lehigh Valley railroad hero this
evening. Ho was on his way homo and
at dusk walked on tho railroad. The en
gineer of a passenger train saw him and
blow hlB whistle, but as tho old man was
deaf ho failed to hear It. Ho was struck
by tho englno and had his neck broken,
notwithstanding which ho lived twenty
minutes.
Certificates of Nomination.
Harrlsburg, Sept. 9, Tho certificate of
nomination of Walter E. Rltter, of Will
lamsport, and M. M. Brown, of Indiana,
Democratic nominees for auditor general
and state treasurer, wero filed in tho
stato department today by Secretary T.
K. Van Dyke, of the stato committee.
I'cntuvlvnnln Pensions.
Washington, Sept. 9 These Pennsyl
vania pensions havo been Issued; Ite
storatlou and reissue John C. Klocklur,
dead, fleranton. Original widow, etc.
Mary E. Sumner, WIlklnBburg. Allegheny:
I Anna M. Klock'.or, Scranton.
INTERESTING NAVAL DRILL.
Tho Ilig Wnr Ships Go Through full
ricot Manoeuvres.
Fort Monroe, Va Sept. 9 Tho Dolphin
roturncd to Hampton Roads today with
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, who has
Just completed nn Inspection of tho North
Atlantic squndron at sea and while un
der full fleet manoeuvres. This Is tho
first Inspection mado In recent years un
der such conditions and tho results wero
highly satisfactory. Under tho eyo of tho
assistant secretary, an cxlensvo pro
grammo of exercises was successfully
executed in n limited period of time.
Tho Dolphin reached the southern drill
grounds Tuesday forenoon, Joining tho
squadron while tho ships were at sub
callbro practice. This was suspended by
Admiral Slcard upon, his learning of Mr.
Roosevelt's deslro to witness heavy gun
practlco and tho battleship Iowa was
designated to llro her batteries In tho
presence of tho assistant secretary, who
was taken aboard for tho purpose.
Tho practlco was excellent and from
tho big 12-lnch gurm down to tho llttlo
machine guns the battery worked without
serious hitch and splendid taigets wore
made. Tho crack armored cruiser Brook
lyn was next put through her paces and
ran up nnd down the firing line, mak
ing good practlco at tho distant target.
In tho evening the llagshlp New York
repelled an Imaginary attack by torpedo
boats using se nchllghts nnd her second
ary battery with great effect. Following
camo a searchlight drill by the cntlro
squadron making a most beautlfut and
unlquo marine spectacle. Night signall
ing with the ardols sjstcm of colored
electric light closed tho day's work and
tho squadron passed the night at anchor
at tho drill grounds, thirty miles east
of tho Virginia en pes.
WEAVING A WEB
ABOUT LUETGERT
Expoit Testimony Bearing Upon the
Horrible Crime I'roduccel--llits ol
Rune, Untrniul I'lesli Arc Mioun.
Chicago, Sept. 9 Both the morning and
afternoon session of the court In tho tilal
of Adolph L. Luetgart were consumed in
tho taking of expert testimony Through
chemical annlvMs tho state must estab
lish not only tho possibility of a human
body lxdng dissolved b tho action of
cathaitlc potash heated to tho boiling
point, but also tho fact that tho bits of
bone, hair nnd ilesh and tho srraplng or
pinkish brown material from tho inside
of the vat In tho sausage factory aro por
tions of tho body ot a human being. If
they can demontrato thee two proposi
tlons bejond a reasonable doubt, one of
tho most Important points of their case
will bo accomplished. By circumstantial
evidence, they havo endeavored to provo
that Luetgcrt was anxious to rid himself
of his wife and that ho enticed her to his
factory on tho evening of May 1. By ex
pert testimony thev expect lo provo that
Mrs. Luctgert's remains aro now repre
sented by the bits of bones, flesh and hair.
Two expert witnesses havo been called,
Dr. Charles B. GIbon and Professor
Mark Delafontaine. Dr Gibson, whoso
direct examination was begun Wednesday,
offered further testimony for tho stato
and was turned over to tho defense for
cross examination. Processor LVdafon
talne was examined by Assistant State's
Attorney McEwan, tho direct examina
tion occupjlng tho remaining time of tho
morning session and tho entire afternoon
session.
The prosecution tomorrow will Intro
duce evidence to provo that fully 90 per
cent, of tho bones which have so far
been Introduced Into tho trial aro thoso
of dogs and sheep and that tho remain
ing 10 per cent, aro human bones. It
will bo shown that tho dog nnd sheep
bones wero taken from tho place where
tho bones wero usually thrown. Tho
prosecution claims that It will show that
extra precautions wero taken to placo
tho human bones where they would not
readily bo found.
Tho state's attorney has in his posses
sion what bears a close rcsemblanco to
a chin bone socket of teeth being plain,
ly visible. It Is doubtful, however,
whether tho experts will declaro this
to bo tho bono of a human being.
In all probability tho stato will rest
Its caso tomorrow night
SPAIN DENIES A DESIRE FOR WAR.
Her Spviugon American Torts Is Also
Denied.
Madrid, Sept. 9 It Is officially denied
that the premier, General Azcarraga, has
written to the leaders of tho political par
ties saying that tho government at Hav
ana would prefer war with tho United
States to tho Intervention of tho country
in tho affairs of Cuba. '
It is also officially denied that an at
tache of tho Spanish legation at Wash
ington, D. C, has drawn upon hlmselr
tho suspicion of Epjing, thoush It Is as
serted the attacho visited United States
forts and arsenals on a purely s-clentlllo
Inspection, similar to that of an American
naval olllcer to rcrrol, Cadiz and Car
thagena. DANVILLE PATIENT SUICIDES.
Eluded tho Attendants nud Jumped
Into n Nearby Cnunl.
Special to tho Scranton Tribune.
Danville. Pa., Sept. 9. Miranda Airord,
of Luzerne county, an Inmato of tho stato
insano asj lum, at this place, managed to
escapo tho surveillance of tho attendants
today and drowned herself In tlio North
Branch canal. Her hallucination wa3 that
sho was too wicked to live.
Tho coroner's Jury exonerated tho asy
lum authorities from blame.
SONS OF VETERANS MEET.
Indianapolis, Sept. 9. Tho sixteenth an
nual encampment of tho Sons of Veter
ans, United States Army, opened hero
today, with E00 delegates present. Presi
dent Rako delivered his annual nddresa;
Charles Bookwaltcr extended a welcome
on behalf of the state, and tho annual
reports wero read. The quarter master
general's report shows receipts for tho
year of $10,620; expenditures, J9.4CO. To
night thero was a reception by the gov
ernor. .Shot by Burglars,
Churchv Hie, N. Y Sept. 9 Mrs. Gcorgo
Smith was shot and fatally wounded by
burglars last night. Mr Smith, who Is a
man of wealth, was at tho same tlmo
bound nnd gagged and compelled to give
up (1.SC0.
Crushed by Conl,
Shnmokln, Pa Sept. 9 Whllo Michael
Rogasklo waB working In a mlno chamber
nt Pennsylvania colliery this afternoon,
a full of coal crushed him to death. Ho
was 23 years old uud leaves a w Idow and
ono child,
Ollor for llrnil Central.
London, Sopt. 9. An Anglo-German syn
dicate, including 1fo Rothschilds, It is an
nounced, has offered tho Brazilian govern
ment, 5,000,000 (1.5,000,000) for the Central
railroad of Brazil.
A Cattle Dealer's Suicide.
Phoenix, Ariz , Sept. 9 Benjamin Zoock
ler, ono of the most extensive cattle deal
ers in tho southwest, killed himself tatly
this morning by a pistol shot back of tho
car.
THE HEROES
OF THE WRECK
Bravery of the Victims of (be Hend-On
Collision.
TEN WERE KILLED OUTRIGHT
W. J. llrjnu Kscnpcd Without Injury
and Rendered Aid to tho Wounded.
Remarkable Nerve Displayed by
Claude llollistcr, ol TopcktfEn
clnccr l'risbcc's JJrnvcry nnd
Thoughtfulncss.
Emporia, Kans., Sept. 9. Twelve
known dead, one missing (probably In
cinerated) and fourteen Injured, two of
whom will likely die. Is the record of
tho terrible head-end collision on the
Santa Fe ns known tonight. The flist
lists wero mixed because of tho con
fusion nttcndlng the wreck and nil
names on the list of Injured have been
tiansfcrrcd to that of the dead. Even
tonight It is not positively known that
the list is given complete, as it is be
lieved that several persons were burned
to death and nothing left by which they
could be recognized. Tho bodies of
eleven have been found in the debris,
three burned beyond recognition.
William Frlsbee, of Topeka, engineer
ot the east-bound fast mall, who wns
last night reported among the lnjuied,
expired during the day, and Michael
McGlade and R. A, Bryan.postal clerks,
weio found to have been wrongly
placed In the list of Injured.
Nothing could be found of the re
mains of Wells-Fargo express messen
ger, J. F. C. Sauer. A handful of
charred bones, taken from tho wreck,
nro supposed to be his. Near them was
found his watch.
Human ghouls delved in the wreck
age and plundered the mall sacks,
which strewed the ground. Ono tried
to snatch a diamond from the breast
of nn Empgrla doctor, who, weak and
nervous, was creeping slowly out of
tho debris. He had strength enough
left to hit the brute a blow in the face,
which made him sneak away. Mall
sacks wero dragged into the cornfield
and rilled. The report at the Kansas
City ofilco is that practically all
of the mall of both of the trains
was destroyed. Ono pouch, how
ever, for Southern California, on
the west-bound train, No. 1, is said to
have been saved. This train, when it
ai rived, carried a large mall fiom New
York city to Calif omla, Colorado, New
Mexico and Arizona. No olllclal repoi t
has been tecelved here.
Both tialns were running nt the rate
of forty miles an hour and crashed to
gether on a smnll culvert, not more
than ten feet wide, crossing a dry
fetream. Tho conductor of the fast
mall, east-bound, was ordered at Em
poria to meet the California, west
bound flyer at Lang, seven miles east,
but the order miscarried. The west
bound train was drawn by two loco
motives and following the dieadful
impact, all tho boilers exploded. Tho
smoking car of the California train
was hurled on top of the three engines
and two mail cars: the lights went
out in those cars, which remained up
right and they filled with smoke and
steam, and in a few moments fire broke
out among the debris.
William J. Brjan, who had lectureel
at Burllngame during the day, was
In the smoking car of tho west-bound
train. Ho was accompanied by a
Topeka newspaper man and when they
felt the car rising in the air, both
leaped from a window and escaped un
hurt. Their hats and baggage were
burned in the fire. Mr. Bryan render
ed every aid in his power to the In
jured nnd did not reach Emporia un
til midnight. He resumed his Journey
this morning.
ACTS OF BRAVERY.
Many acts of bravery and nerve
were displayed. Claude Holllster, of
Topeka, had both of his legs broken
and shattered In half a dozen places.
"When his rescuer laid him on the grass
beside the track he turned to ono of
the gtoop and asked if he would pull
through. W'lven assured that he
would llvo if he was brave, he said:
"Am I not brave? Look at my legs
dangling, and then ask me to be brave
I suppose they will have to be ampu
tated, but I will bear the operation
and llvo through it. I donot propose
to die for lack of nerve and courage.
My God. What has become of my
comrades."
William Frlsbee, engineer of the fast
mall, whose residence Is in Topeka,
was conscious until he died. Ho said:
"I did not see the other tialn until I
came upon It. I turned on the air and
Jumped. I presume I cannot recover,
but I will die as bravely as I can. I
want you men to leave me and help
victims that aro more unfortunate
than I am."
WORK OF EVICTION
NOW BEGINS
Striking Miners nt Plum Crock Put
Out of tho Company's Houses.
Serious Troublo Is Anticipated.
nttsburg, Sept. 9. The woik of evict
ing tho striking miners nt Plum Creek and
Clarksvlllo was begun today and as tho
result of 'two evictions setious trouble U
thieatencd by a mob of women who aro
aimed with cluUs and base ball bats, and
are awaiting tho arrival of Superintend
ent DeArmlt nnd the deputy sheriffs,
At 8 o'clock this morning sixteen depu
ties evicted James McCabo and his family
from one of tho company houses at Plum
Creek. Little resistance was offered at
the time, but as soon as tho house hid
been emptied and tho furniture piled up
in tho middle of tho Btreet the vyomon
gutheied in front of tho house of tho
evicted family. Immediately after tho
deputies had gono tho women forced on
entrance to tho houso again anp carried
tho furniture back. Dcsporato rcslstanco
will be oftercd In caso a secondAltcmpt is
matlo to evict the family.
Threo hours later sixteen fWutloH ar
rived at Clarksvl'lo and evictoll John Puke
and his family. They are Yollsh people,
but havo many friends at Clarksvllle,
Tho same tactics wero reported to there
after tho deputies had completed tholr
work. Tho furnltuiq wab carried Into
the houso again and Pukel his family and
several friends lhavo installed themselves
thero prepared to mako troublo for tho
deputies if they again attempt to evict
tnem.
Tho deputies havo sent fcV Superintend
cnt DoArmltt and ho Is exftccted hero at
any moment. The nows of his coming
spread llko wild llro nnd tho women of
Clarksvlllo hr.vo gathered outsldo Puke's
homo. They aro all armed in one way or
another and nro hufllclently aroused to
attack tho deputies as soon as they re
turn. CREATED A SENSATION.
Prominent Voting I'lttstonlnn Ar
rested Tor Dishonest I'rncticos.
Special to tho Scranton Tribune.
Plttston, Sept. 9. A sensation was cre
ated hero today by tho arrest' of Walter
Scofleld, aged 23, ono of West Plttston's
most prominent young men, for various
dishonest practices. '
Scofleld was employed In tho ofilco of
Dr. M. J. Reap, on South Main street.
Ho purchased two blcjcles from Johnson
& Co, of Wllkes-Barre, nnd gavo an or
der of J20 on Dr. Reap as part payment.
Ho Intercepted tho order when It camo
by mall to tho doctor's ofilco and also
another letter asking why tho order had
not been honored.
Tho bicycle man went to tho doctor nnd
when It was apparent that thero was
something wrong a decoy letter was sent.
This Scofleld nlso Intercepted. IIo was
arrested and an examination which the
discovery of his dishonesty led to. dis
closed the fact that ho had collected
money that had never been turned In
and also that ho had taken valuables
from tho ofllce. Ho Is now In tho county
Jail.
THE GOLD HUNTERS
ARE STILL EAGER
Despite
Start
Discouraging Talcs, 110
lor l)vcn--Tho Steamship
Queen's 1'nsscngcrs Confident.
Sknsuny Pass fins No Terrors.
Port Townsend, Sept. 9 Tho steamship
Queen has sailed for Alaska, nnd not
withstanding tho fact that on her re
turn from tho North only four das ago,
sho bi ought thlrty-tlvo disgusted men
from Skaguay, sho carried north 110
bound for tho Klondike via Dyea,t They
all expressed themselves as confluent of
their ability to cross tho pass and reach
Dawson City this fall. Stories of the
miserable condition of the pass appear to
havo no Influenco with tho people in
their rush for the gold fields.
While nt her dock here tho Queen was
subjected to a rigorous search by tho
customs officers In quest of contraband
Intoxicants, but nothing of that char
acter was found. All ships sailing from
this port for Alaska will hereafter bo
carefully searched beforo clearing.
San Pranclsco, Sept. 9 Among tho pas
sengers who sailed for tho North on
board tho Umatilla from this port wero
Capt. A. E. Rogers and James Evans,
tho commissioners appointed by tho stato
department at Washington to Investi
gate nnd report tho best means of reliev
ing tho blockado nt the south of tho
Yukon and preventing tho thrcnteneel
famine In the Klondike- gold mining re
gion. WILKES-BARRE MAN RUN DOWN.
Got Out ot the W nv of One Trnin Only
to Step In front of Another.
Special to tho Scranton Tribune.
Cnrbondale, Sept. 9. At 10 30 o'clock to
night a Delaware and Hudson train run
down nnd killed John McCarthy, a min
er, whoso homo Is In Wllkes-Barre.
Ho and a companion named John Mad
den wero walking along tho tracks to
wards tho new Butler colliery whero
they wero going to look for work. Near
No. 10 bridge. In getting out of tho way
of ono train McCarthy stepped to tho
opposite track directly In front of anoth
er train coming in an opposite direction.
His skull was crushed In and his left
leg broken. Death was Instantaneous.
WARNING TO AMERICANS.
London, Sept. 9 The Dally Mall this
morning, in an odltorlal on the reported
preparations In tho United States for a
fight with Spain, warns tho American
government and tho Amei leans that they
had better content themselves with writ
ing warliko articles and firing Fourth of
July squibs, instead of running Into bat
tle with "stupid Europeans who mean
business and flro real bullets."
Wreck on the Eric.
Muncle, Ind , Sept. 9 A freight train
on tho Lake Erie and Western railway
near Albany, was wrecked this morning
on a trestle. Eight loaded cars wero
smashed. Charles Manor, of Portland,
was killed and John Collins, of tho samo
place, was fatally Injured. They wero
stealing a ride. It Is believed thero aro
other men under tho wreckage.
Parmer's Suicide.
Doylestown, Pa, Sept. 9 Harry Hln
dennch, a farmer of Durham township,
who had become despondent tin ouch 111
ness attempted to commit sulcldo by
hanging In his barn yesterday morning,
but was discovered by his wlfo nnd cut
down beforo llfo was extinct. Violent
spasms followed, and tho unfortunate
man died later from the result of tho In
juries received about tho neck.
Attorney-General nt Somerset.
Washington, Sept. 9 Attorney General
MoKenna, will leave hero tonight or early
tomorrow morning tor somerset, l"a ,
where he will have a conference with tho
president on Important public matters, tho
nature ot wihlctti 1a mot Know n.
The Horuld's Wcnther Forecast.
Now York, Sept. 10 In tho middle states
and New England, today, clear, warmer
nnd moro sultry weather will prevail with
fresh to light southerly to southwesterly
winds and maximum temperatures ex
ceeding 90 degrees. On Saturday, in both
of these sections, fair, warmer and sultry
weather will prevail, with slight tem
perature changes and fresh to light south
westerly winds, followed by cooler con
ditions In tho norther districts.
THE NEWS THIS M0KNINU.
Weather Indications Today)
Pair; Variable Winds.
1 General State Capltol Commission Re
jects All Plans, Governor Hastings
Dissenting.
Genulno Yellow Jack on tho Louisiana
Coast.
Heroes of tho Santa To Wreck.
2 Sport Eastern, National and Atlantic
Leaguo Btso Ball flames,
rioetwood Trotting Meeting.
3 Local Superintendent Taylor Robukes
Tardy Teaeihors.
Reunion or the One Hundred and Forty
Third. 4 Editorial.
Comments ot tho Prc
5 LoeaCr-Vfce and Immorality Commlttco
Receives a. Setback.
Closing Sessions or tho Ablngton Bap.
tlst Association Convention.
6 Local West Side and City Suburban.
7 Lackawanna County News.
Story "Johnton's Llttlo Romance."
8 Neighboring County News.
(Financial and Commercial.
IS GENUINE
YELLOW JACK
The Opinion of Experts
on the Disease at
Ocean Springs.
LAST DEATH REPORTED
All the Physicians of the Town
Witness an Autopsy.
One Dentil Thero Vostordny, nnd tho
Autopsy Proved the Nnttiro of tho
Malndy--A I'cvv New Cases on tho
Mississippi Const-Ciovcriimcnt Ar
rangements to Prevent a Spreud
ol tho Fever.
New Orleans, Sept. 9. A bulletin
from Ocean Springs, Miss., says thero
was ono death thero today. All tho
physicians in town, Including tho
Marino Hospital experts, attended tho
autopsy, to determine the nature, of
the disease.
The ramo of tho dead man was
Sheray Seymour. As soon as his death
was reported at 1 a. m. itoday arrange
ments wero made to hold the autopsy
by Drs. Murry, Carter and Wasdln, of
the Marine Hospital borvico and Dis.
Lehman, Dunn, Gant and Bailey.
Seymour's case was a fair sample of
tho disease pievalllng on tho Missi
ssippi coast. The doctors decided that
the man died of yellow fever and so
telegraphed to the Surgeon General at
"Washington.
No new cases nro reported at Blloxl.
Dr. Tackett, who went to Peiklnston
to visit Dr. Sheedy, who had been in
attendance on patients in Ocean
Springs has returned, and reports that
Dr. Sheedy has yellow fever. Dr.
Sheedy himself says the symptoms aro
thoso of ellow fever.
Tho excitement In New Orlean's Is
rapidly dying out, but deep interest i3
being taken in the- situation on tho
coast. When the Board of Health of
fice opened this morning and got
down to work, it had no new cases or
suspicious cases to report as having
occured in New Orleans. Details for
canvassing the city have been so sys
tematized now that no section Is left
unattended nnd every caso of fever,
no mater how trifling, is leceiving tho
earnest attention of tho experts.
There Is no longer any travel out of
tho city to the coast towns, and
everybody who Intended to como to
New Oi leans is already here.
Dr. Salomon's report as to tho exist
ence of two cases of jellow fever at
Scranton is considered reliable, and ho
has been authorized to co-operate with
the local physicians there in efforts to
isolate the cases and stamp out the dis
ease. Dr. Salomon says the fever Is
"yellow Jack" of a mild type. Rlglel
quarantine will be enforced against
Scranton. The government experts
piobably will be asked to go there and
also to Berklnston to determine defi
nitely the character of the disease.
More reports reach the city of tho
hatdshlps which tho people in tho
quarantined towns arc suffering. They
find difficulty in getting provisions and
other supplies, and are angry against
the restrictions. Tho authoiitles uro
endeavoring to finel some means of
helping them out of their difficulty.
THE QUARANTINE.
Tho rigorous nature of tho quaran
tine at Ocean Springs is shown by Dr.
Murray's telegram: "Arrived nt G
o'clock thls evening. Tried to get
through' on engine, but could not get
permission from Mississippi board of
health until 1.30 a. m. Dr. Gant of state)
board In charge. There is state cordon
about town of twenty-five pasts, which
state purposes to sustain for present
or until danger decreases. Thero aro
hero perhaps flfty people who will ac
cept camp, will tiy to mako census
tomorrow, as was dono at Brunswick,
without which there can bo no clear
action. Lime, sulphur, bl-chlorlde, al
cohol and ovens ordered w Ith which
to begin disinfection."
By this telegram Dr. Murray meant
that fifty people wero willing to go into
tho detention camp when established,
and that if tlio danger Increased the
Government probably would bo asked
for aid in the maintenance of tho cor
don about Ocean Springs. Dr. Mur
ray also telegrnpheel with tegard to
the site of the detention camp, and
Surgeon General Wyman probably will
gtvo htm definite instructions to-day.
Tho camp outfit Is now on its way to
Ocean Springs from Waj cross, Ga.,
and may airlvo today. It will ac
commodate fiom BOO to 1,000 persons.
Everything will bo In readiness to pitch
the camp should Dr. Gulteras' ver
dict bo that genulno jellow fever pre
vails on tho coast.
Late this evening tho three casei
heretofore reported as existing nt Bl
loxl, wero confirmed as yellow fovor by
Drs. Murray and Gant, after a caieful
investigation. They nro thoroughly iso
lated. The sensational report given out
last night that theio wero seven addi
tional eases yesterday in Blloxl Is today
pronounced to bo without foundation.
A late dlspatrh brings tho Information
that a lad named Theodore Sanchez, In
Blloxl, shows a decided cnto of yellow
fovor ns dlagnobed by Dr. Hnralson.
Dr. Salnmanson nnd Dr. Kolloy today
examined nine cases of fever In Moss
Point. They declared that time is no
caso of yellow fever In that town nor
even a suspicious cas-.
Dr. Seeioy, who has boon nursing pa
tients nt Ocean Springs, has bon
stricken with yellow fever at his homo
at PsiMntnn. Miss, The caso has lieon
oiUcUlly confirmed and Dr. II. S. Gul
ley, of Meridian, stato health ofllojr,
has gone to Peiklnton to take charge,
of tho town and establish quarantine.