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SCRANT027, PA., MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20. 1897.
TWO CENTS
APPROACH OF
THE CRISIS
The Gravity of the Situ
ation at Hazleton Is
Unchanged.
OPERATORS ARE DIVIDED
Proceeding Individually, Each
Determined to Win.
Lnbor Lenders Arcs Not Meeting with
.Much Success in Their Kllorts to
Hrlng the Miners Togctlicr--A
Stampede Among the Strikers Is Not
Among the Impossibilities.
Hazleton, Sept. 19. Neither yesterday
nor today have witnessed any Increase
or diminution In tho gravity of the
BtrlUe situation anl the two parties,
continue to work on some divergent
lines. Tho strikers are looking for
ward to a settlement by a conference
between representatives of all the op
rators and committees of miners, from
tho different collieries. The operators
aro prooerdlng Individually, each deter
mined to win out by himself. The min
ers are aware of this determination on
tlw part of tho operators but they be
lieve If they can become completely
organized that they can force a coales
cence of the operators and a general
conference. Tho operators act n3 If
they believed there was little probabil
ity of a general organization of the
minors nnd point to Saturday night's
meeting as an evidence that the labor
leaders aro not meeting with much
success in their efforts to lirlng the
miners together. President Fahey of
the Mine "Workers' union, says as an
answer to this that there are now 5,0X)
irmj of tho Lehigh region In the union.
To an Impartial onlooker the situation
must resolve itself Into this: If the
men hold out for another week the
Mine Workers' union will have control
of the strike and thciv is a good chance
of enforcing a uniform and advanced
scale of wages and the other demands
of the strikers. If tho men commence
to break and a colliery here and there
resumes, during the lirst part of tho
week, as threatened, tho efforts of the
union will be for naught for President
Fahey himself admitted at Saturday's
meeting that there Is little hope of suc
cess when one mine can fill the others'
contracts, a lesson which sad experl
eno In former strikes has taught.
A STAMPEDE FEARED.
That a stampede among the strikers
Is not beyond the bounds of possibility
In the minds of tho strike leaders, Is
Indicated by the hurried call for a dis
trict convention next Thursday. It Is
hoped by that time to have the miners
of even colllerj' in tho region affiliated
with the Mine "Workers' union. Dele
gates will be chosen by each local union
and all will come together to plan for
n concerted movement for a uniform
scale and tho redress of such other
grievances as may be thought proper
to present. Th assurances of sympa
thy and financial support from the
Federation of Labor and other sources,
It is thought by those waiting to place
the control of tho strike In the hands
of the Mine Workers' union, will check
any w. aliening on the part of those
already on strike and strengthen tho
jesolve of those threitcnlng to strike.
Every effort Is now being put for
ward to secure reliance upon the Mine
Workers' union from the strikers and
to convince tho operators that they will
eventually be compelled to, deal with
the miners of the whole region as one
body.
While the strikers ure fearing a stam
pede, the operators on tho other hand
are also doing their full share of dread
ing. Though they refuse to enter Into
any binding combination in dealing
with tho strike, there has been some
kind of a conference among them, and
while I could not secure a direct ad
mission that there had been an under
standing on certain matters, I am sat
isfied from conversations had with dif
ferent olllclals that suggestions have
been made to this company and that
some of these suggestions will be
agreed upon.
GOMEH JONES MUST GO.
First of all, Superintendent Gomcr
Jones is to be removed, it being be
lieved that with him out of the way
the Audenrled miners would accept tho
ten per cent, advance offered them last
Saturday, and return to work, thereby
making a big break In the strikers'
ranks. A rumor has been circulated
nmong the miners that Jones Is to bo
discharged In tho course of a week
and that work will resume tomorrow
morning. Calvin Pardee & Co., whose
mines at Lattlmer quit because of In
timidation from the other strikers and
then refused to go back, will be or
dered to resume tomorrow morning or
consider themselves discharged. It Is
no secret that many of the miners there
are willing to take Pardee's offer If "as
good wages as are paid In tho region
and assurance of three months' steady
work." Tho removal of Jones and the
blowing of the whistles at Audenrled
und Lattlmer tomorrow morning will
doubtlessly leak out as having been
suggested from the operators In gen
eral. Ab to whether or not those two
companies will bo abln to start up In
the morning, no ono tell. At Lat
tlmer they have been .-.a the ultl-
matum and the general response is:
"Well, If the others aro willing, I am."
As to Audenrled. It Is a case nf take
your choice. Superintendent Jones
Mated to The Tribune representative
at 7 o'clock tonight that both of the
companies' collieries would start up In
the morning' and that the men had
come to him to say that they are ready
to return.
Ills statement was verified an hour
later, when 2,200 of the Lehigh and
Wllkes-Uarre miners met in Machol
skl's hall in McAdoo and decided to re
turn to work In tho morning. They are
not altogether satisfied with the con
cessions made, hut are assured that
they will be given a fair hearing and
nro requested to send a committee to
General Manager Lawall, Tuesday af
ternoon. This means the starting of
three collieries In tho morning, tho
Audenrled with 1,100, the Treskow with
COO and the Honeybrook with 800.
Today Is the last day Coxe & Co.
have In which to make answer to tho
demands of the men at their Drlfton
mines. As yet they have not made
answer, and If no notice of concession
Is posted at the mines this morning the
mer will not go in. If they live up to
their threat, tomorrow morning will bs
a turning point In the atrlke situation.
Of such Importance is tho outcome
considered by tho newspaper corre
spondents that they arranged tonight
to divide Into three squads and have
one at each of tho three Important
mines, Lattlmer, Audenrled and Drlf
ton, at C o'clock In the morning. Troops
are to be on hand at each of these
places at daybreak. It looks as If the
backbone of the strike is broken.
T. J. D.
ABSOLUTE QUIET PREVAILS.
An Attempt Will Ito Mndc to Ilcsumo
Work nt Lnttimer.
Hazleton, Pa., Sept. 10. Absolute
quiet prevailed In the entire strike dis
trict today. Vice-President Magulre,
of the Federation of Labor, left for
Washington to attend the meeting of
tho executive council, which is to con
sider the situation, and George Chance,
of tho United Labor leaguewent to
Scranton for a similar meeting of labor
men there. The only movements among
the military were the practice rides of
squaurons or tne uovernor s ami uy
troops and the afternoon dress parade.
Tomorrow Is looked forward to as a
decisive day. An attemptwlll be made
to resume at Lattlmer, where there are
thirteen hundred men, and at Auden
rled. There are nearly twenty-five
hundred men at the latter place and
they were the first to go out. Many of
them want to return to work, but bands
of women havo prevented them dur
ing the past few days. To Insure pro
tection, a squadron of cavalry and the
entire Eighth regiment will go to the
scene.
The men at Coxe's Drlfton mine are
also to decide tomorrow upon staying
out or continuing at work. All these
places will bo well guarded by troops,
and If the men are peacefully per
mitted to resume work, It Is thought
that tho backbone of the strike will be
broken and no further violence will re
sult. The coroner'B Inquest will begin
on Wednesday afternoon, Instead' of
Thursday, as first Intended.
INDIANA'S INJURIES.
The Slight Buckling of tho Ship's
Bottom of No Consequence.
Washington, Sept. 19. Acting Secretary
Roosevelt, In answer to recently pub
lished reiports that tho battleship lnllnna
was injured white 1n the Halifax dry docK,
hns mado public the report received irom.
Captain IUnry Taylor, commanding tho
vessels, rr.r.do shorty aftt-r the docking.
Tho captain Eays ho ordered an In
spection of the bottoms at noon, when
tho dock was halif pumped out, and again
nt 4 o'clock when tho dock was dry.
Thcro was no ovldcnco of strain. At 5.D0
ho noticed some Buckling under tho Tor
ward 13-inch turret. The principal reason,
ho assigns for the strain is that somo of
the keel block are upon rook foundation
and others aro not, thus causing a slight
Inequality of support.
In connection with tho report, Mr.
Itoosevelt states that tho slight buckling
of the Indiana's bottom waa of no conse
quence as was indicated by tho fact that
the ship took her place- In tho squadron
Immediately after leaving deck and man
eouvrcd as satisfactorily as could be de
sired. CARPENTER'S SUICIDE.
Edward it. Holden, of F.lmirn, Iluugs
Himself.
Klmlra. N. Y Sept. 19. The body of
Kdward B. Holden, a carpenter, was found
hanging from tho limb of a tree In the
woods, three and a half miles from this
city today. A horso and wagon hired by
him Saturday wero found nearby. The
wagon was covered with blood and Hol
den had two gashes on his right arm
abovo the elbow and four on his wrist,
evidently cut with a knife, but no knife
could bo found, or money on his person,
although his wife said ho had J1G7 when
he left home.
Tho family surmlso foul play. Tho au
thorities are of tho opinion that Holden
committed suicide. Holden was Junior
vice commander of L. A. Hazard post,
Grand Army of tho Republic, of this city.
Thcro was no reason known for suicide.
BOOTILTUCKER'S SUGAR FARM.
Salvation Army Lender Inspects n
Plot in California.
San Francisco, Sept. 19. Commander
Booth-Tucker, of tlra Salvation Army,
who arrived hero from the oast on Thurs
day, went down to Solcdad yesterday
with a party of Salvationists and mem
bers of tho citizens' colonization commit
tee to Imiiect tho lands offered for the
Army's beet-sugar farm tn the Salinas
valley and to complete arrangements for
starting work next week by putting in the
crop.
The commander Is enthusiastic over tho
scheme. Ho declared that tho president
and tho vlco president of the United
Stats are favorably Impressed with It.
From twenty-three states he received of
fers aggregating 100,000 acres of ferttlo
land on which tp put 3,000,000 persons con
stituting tho great army dependent in tho
country solely upon charity.
ISLANDERS ARE HAPPY.
A Locality Where tho Silver Question
mid Turitf Cnnso 0 Anxiety.
Now York, Sept. 19. Tho American clip
per ship William II. Maicey, arrived today
from Honolulu, Captain Amsbury, who
re.ports that In sailing down the Paclllc
coast on Juno 14 the vessel called at
Aitutakl Island, ono of the Cook grounp.
Tho native put off to the ship In their
boats, bringing fruit a.nd other products of
tho Uland, Captain Amsbury supplied
them with plothlng, etc.
The Island has a, population of about
1,200 people, among that number being
noveral American and IirltUh missionar
ies. All seemed to be happy and prosperous.
TROOPS ORDERED
OUT AT JACKSON
Result o! Lawless Quarantine Methods
In MIslsslppl.
GOVERNOR M'LAURIN DARRED OUT
ltnllronil Property Horned and Trncks
Torn lfp--Vcllow Fever Sprcndlng,
but Few Deaths Aro Reported.
.Many New Cases Kcportcd Irom
Mobile.
Jackson, Mass., Sept. 19. As a result
of tho destruction of the tracks and a
culvert on tho Alabama and Vlcksburg
road at an early hour this morning,
Governor McLaurln has ordered out
the Capital Light Guards of this city
In order, to prevent any further de
struction of property. In addition to
tearing up the tracks of the railroad,
tho crowd also burned a trestle on the
same road a few miles west of the city.
Meridian having consented to allow
trains to pass through that city, the
Alabama and Vlcksburg regular train
passed hero at G p. m. yesterday, go
ing to Meridian. Tho speed of the
train was not greater than four miles
an hour, whereas the road had been
ordered to run Its trains through here
at a twenty-mile rate. Not only was
this order wilfully disregarded by the
road, but the train actually stopped In
the heart of the city. Indignation Is
running high, and the people say that
If necessary to compel observance of
quarantine regulations, they will burn
every bridge between here and Vlcks
burg. The city authorities say that if
yellow fever Is Introduced it will bo by
the unlawful disregard of their rules,
as In this case.
Tho governor of a state, shut out of
his capital city, was the condition of
affairs here this morning, as a reult of
the troublesome times in which the poo
. flml themselV0Si Governor Mc-
,,.,,.,- nt th 0UtUreak of the yellow
fever epidemic, was In the Interior of
Simpson county, from which place he
proceeded to his old homo In Brandon.
Being anxious to return to the capi
tal, he made application to the city,
which was promptly declined by that
board. There Is a general quarantine
against persons entering the city, and
the officials had no respect for persons
In enforcing the rule.
Vlcksburg, Miss., Sept. 19. Governor
McLaurln lias Instructed the state
troops at this place to be ready to
move, nnd has telegraphed to Superin
tendent Bond, of the Queen and Cres
cent, to know If he can handle them,
to which the latter replied favorably.
The Jackson outrage has created much
excitement here. Superintendent Bond
denies the report from Jackson that he
instructed the englner of ysterday's
train to run as he pleased through that
city.
Mobile, Ala., Sept. 19. The board of
health reports eleven new cases of yel
low fever, nil In the Infected southern
district except one. which Is In the
northwest, about a mile and a half
from the centre of the city. No deaths
reported In the city.
New Orleans, Sept. 19. The local ff-
ver situation has undergone little
change since yesterday. At 6 o'clock
tonight the record book In the board
of health office showed a total of six
rew cases and one death. The official
bulletin to hi issued tonight will show
two deaths, that of the woman, Santa
Graffola, who died In the hospital la3t
night, not having been Included In the
official bulletin, although reported In
the Associated Press dispatches.
THE SEAL CONTROVERSY.
Great Britain Will Participate in the
Conference Hold in October.
Washington, Sept. 19. The officials of
tho state department aro not disposed to
comment on tho fur seal correspondence
given out by tho British foreign office
and summarized in tho London 'limes fur
ther than to say that It ehows the object
sought by tho government of tho United
States for tho past threo years has been
attained by the agreement of tho
government of Great Britain to par
ticipate In tho conference to bo held
in Oatober. Tho British government
has seen lit to limit Its part in the confer
ence to an ascertainment of the facts in
dl&puto as to seal life. It was precisely
this result which was contemplated by
Secretaries Gresham and OInoy, when
they proposed tho creation of a commis
sion of scientists to ascertain whether un
der the operation of tho existing regula
tions tho seals were or were not on the
road to extermination. If such a commls
slon should report In favor of tho con
tention ot tho United States, this govern
ment did not doubt that Great Britain
would consent to such modification of tho
regulations as would save tho seals from
extermination. Tho continued refusal of
tho British government to consent to such
a commission and conference led to the
transmission to Ambafsador Hay of Sec
retary Sherman's note of May 10, which
was followed by Lord Salisbury's reply
agreeing to tho conference.
Surprlso Is expressed at the stato de
partment that tho London Times should
publish only tho concluding paragraph of
Secretary Sherman's nolo and .lovoto four
columns to a communication from tho
colonial office which Is referred to us as
Mr, Chamberlain's answer to Secretary
Sherman, a paper which has not been
communicated to ho state department,
and, therefore, to which an official reply
cannot be made..
DOUBLE MURDER OR SUICIDE.
itcturns Homo nnd I'luds Hor Mother
nnd n Ilonrdor Dead.
Elmlra, N. Y Sept. lD.-At 4 o'clock this
afternoon Maud Burnham, 18 years old,
returned homo from her dally employ
ment, found tho houso closed, and entered
through a cellar window. Going upstairs
sho was horrified to tlnd her mother and
Kenyon Gaylord dead on tho floor. A re
volvor lay near by. Gaylord'e left arm
was clasped about tho woman's neck, A
bullet hod entered tho brain nf each, and
at tlrst It appeared to bo murder and sui
cide. The coroner discovered marks on
tho skulls of the couple, and tho police
suspect that both may havo boen mur
dered. The woman had separated from
her husband, James Burnham. Gaylord
boarded with her, but the neighbors had
no suspicion that their relations were not
proper.
The dead man waa B0 years old and
brakeman on the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western railroad. He formerly lived
In Mains II old, Pa. Mrs Burnham was 45
years old. Tho crime was ovldcntly com
mitted about eight hour before discov
ered, as tho breakfast table was not
cleared of tho morning meal. Tho daugh
ter says everything was apparently pleas
ant when eho left tho houso for her place
J of employment in a silk mill at C.30 this
morning. Tho police. to unable to solvo
tho mystory. They look for the husband,
but havo not found him. Ho Is a respect
able milk dealer nnd was onco wealthy.
IIUNTINQ FOR A MURDERER.
Fiigltlro Killed a UcputySlicrlirNcnr
l'nrndox I,nkc.
Whitehall, N. Y., fpt. 39. WMUami
Jackson, deputy sheriff, of Schroon Lake,
was killed last night near Paradox Lake
whilo trying to arrest threo brothers
named Lnjole, charged with violating tho
game law. Jackson's body was mutilated
with an nxe. The Lajolcs escaped and
havo not as yet been captured. Ottlecra
aro in pursuit of them.
Saratoga, N. Y Sept 19. Frank La
Jole, tho murderer of Deputy Sheriff Jack
son, In otlll a fugitive from Justice. He is
accompanied by his two brothers, all
heavily armed. After loavlng Schroon
Lako villago the Lajoie brothers went to
Paradox, and then .plunged Into the wil
derness. Tho number of armed pursuers
Is fifty. Many of them aro Adirondack
guides, nnd dead shots, nnd It Is doubtful
if tho men can escape. Should they not
bo captured beforo daylight tho forco will
bo Increased to ono hundred.
Saratoga, N. Y., Sept. 19. A report re
ceived today from tho Adtrondacks, eays
that tho Adirondack guides have Just
captured one of tho Lajolo brothers In
the Paradox wilderness.
Frank Lajoie, Jr., who brutally mur
dered Special Game Constab'.o William
Jackson, with an axe, at Schroon Lako
village Friday, is still at large, as is also
another brother. It l& believed that the
brothers separated to throw tho police off
tho trail of Frank, tho murderer.
NEW MEXICO'S RESOURCES
Gor. Olcro Cnlls Attention to tho
Agricultural nnd Ml no rul Wealth of
the Territory.
Washington, Sept. 19. The secretary of
tho Interior has received tho annual re
port of M. A. Otero, governor of New
Mexico. Tho governor says that tho pop
ulation of the territory has Increased by
one hundred thousand since tho census of
1S90, and adds that It Is capable of sup
porting Ave million people. Tho governor
dwells with especial emphasis on the min
eral and agricultural icsources of the
territory. He eays that fruit growing Is
making rapid progress, and that 11,000,
000 pounds of wool were grown last year.
Ho says that tho culture of tho sugar
beet Is maTtlng rapid headway In all parts
of the territory, but especially in tho
Pecos valley, wt-.ero the industry has he
come well established. A sugar factory
has been established at Eddy, and tho
governor makes tho prediction that this
will soon bo known as a beet sugar center.
Ho says, however, that experiments dem
onstrate that the entire Rio Grande val
ley, from Colorado to Texas, Is equally
well adapted to the culture of tho sugar
beet, and, Indeed, all tho lands capable of
Irrigation In tho territory may bo thus
utilized. Tho cultivation of canaigro for
tanning purposes is growing to be an Im
portant Industry.
Tho governor calls attention to tho tact
that New Mexico Is a gold-bearing coun
try, and says that within the last few
years there has been a great renewal of
activity In the mines. "Several districts
have,' he says, "been discovered, and new
ly found placer beds vorked by men who
have taken out thousands upon thousands
of dollars. Information which Is reliable
from gold camps throughout tho terri
tory strengthens tho hope that New Mex
ico will soon reap tho benefit of a gen
uino boom. Never has there been such In
terest since tho advent of tho railroads
in tho mineral development of the terri
tory, especially near tho Colorado line."
Governor Otero says there aro live mill-
I Ion sheep In tho territory, that ruiiy tir
teen thousand of the population aro sup
i ported by tho wool industry, and that ln?t
I year was the most prosperous ever known
in tho business Ho predicts a largo
growth of statehood, asertim: that tno
peopjo aro entirely capable of self-government
He argues that admission into
tho Union would bo benollclal allko to the
people and tho United States.
BELLE WEBB INHALES GAS.
Sho Had Ilecn Despondent Since
George Harris' Suicide.
New York, Sept. 19.-Mlss Belle M.
Webb, 27 years of ngo, attempted suicide
today by inhaling Illuminating Bas
through a rubber tube. In a room In the
boarding house, No. 239 West Fourteenth
street. Sho was unconscious when dis
covered nnd at tho New York hoipital,
where sho was taken, tho physict-i.is say
she Is likely to die. Miss Webb came to
this city from South Chester, I'a., to
tako tho position of stenographer and
typewriter in a publishing houso heic.
Two letters wero found on a tablo in
the room In the boarding houso which
Miss Webb had occupied for tho past
week. Ono was addressed simply
"Mother and the other was addressed to
Mrs. Underbill, matron of tha Florenco
Homo. A note which was also on the
table, said:
"Notify my sister, Mrs. J. N. Webb,
corner Third and Flower streets. South
Chester. Delaware county, Pa.; also Mrs.
Underhlll. 140 East Fourteenth street,
New York city, and glvo her noto nd
dressod to her."
Tho letter to Mrs. Undern..l when
opened tonight throw no light as to tho
motlvo for Miss Webb's effort to destroy
her life. It simply read:
"I am going to end it all tonight. I
want you to help my mother bear It when
sho gets here. Do all you can. I know
you will. Good-bye. Belle."
It was said,by one of tho young women
at tho Florence Home that Miss Webb
has been despondent since Labor Day
here, when she learned of tho sulcido of
n Philadelphia nowspaper reporter named
Harris.
KING OSCAR'S SILVER JUBILEE.
Anniversary Cclohrutcd with Grcnt
Knthuslnsm in Stockholm.
Stockholm, Sept. 10. This being tho
twenty-fifth anniversary of the acces
sion of King Oscar II to tho throno tho
city Is brilliantly decorated, and tho
streets aro crowded with sightseers.
The royal family and princely person
ages, tho foreign envoys and others wero
present at a Te Deum which was chanted
at 11 o'clock in tho chapel attached to tho
castle. Bishop A. G. L. Billing, tho court
chaplain, reviewed the king's life work
and Implored the Divine blessing on his
majesty, on tho country nnd on tho peo
ple, During the singing of the hymn an
artillery salute .was fired.
At tho closo o-f the religious coromony
tho king receivccV deputations from many
parts of Sweden and Norway. Ono of
these deputations presented to him 220,
000 crowns, which had been raised among
his people. Tho king has decided to de
vote this money to combatting tuborcular
diseases.
Twclvo Huildings Hunted.
Nlcholasvllle, Ky Sept. 19. Twelve
buildings In the business portion of tho
town of Wilmore, six mill's south of this
place, pn the Cincinnati Southern rail
road, wero destroyed by flro at 1 o'clock
this morning. The tiro originated in tho
storo of J, O. Bruce, and is suppoccd to
have caught from cparKs rrom a passing
freight train. Total loss tutlmatcd at
over 150,000; insurence about half.
GRAVE DANGER IN
INDIAN SITUATION
The Entire Dordcr Liable to Dc
In Arm?.
Up
THE RESULT OF BRITISH REVERSES
Gcncrnl Jeffrey's Defeat at Cnnip An
nynt Hns Encouraged tho Mnlcon-tcnts--Tho
j) nicer Still Suspected.
Hcnvy Itcinlorccmcnts to Ho Sent
Out from England.
Simla, Sept. 19. The reverse suffer
ed by the British forco under General
Jeffreys in tho attack on tho Moh
mands In the valley north of Camp
Anayat, to punish them for the attack
made on Tuesday night upon the
troops of General Jeffreys at the foot
of Kawat Pass, Is regarded most ser
iously, and it Is stated In semi-official
circles that If .tho situation does not
Improve promptly the whole border
will be In arms.
London, Sept. 19. Tho fact that no
less than ten batteries of horses and
field artillery have been ordered to em
bark for India during .the month of
September and October is much com
mented upon in military circles. Un
der ordinary circumstances tho four
batteries now In India would have
been relieved .this month. But these
batteries have been ordered to remain
In India, and, therefore, there will
shortly be on tho frontier fourteen
batteries of artillery, a full comole
ment for an army corps. As the Brit
ish force now assembled on tho front
ier is of ample strength to wipe out
all visible resistance, the only con
clusion that can be reached in regard
to this dispatch of reinforcements ot
artillery is that the authorities are pos
sessed of Information of a serious
character.
The Intimation conveyed by the War
Office on Monday last to the London
commercial ngent of tho Ameer of
Afghanistan, that no war material or
machinery for .the manufacture there
of will be allowed to cross the frontier
during the present crisis, Indicates
that the British Government has by
no means entire confidence In .the
Ameer's fidelity. andr it is hinted, the
Government has learned that, while
professing frendllness to Great Brit
ain, the Ameer has been secretly pre
paring for war. Well-Informed circles
nro also discussing the story of secret
correspondence between Russia and
Afghanistan, which is said to have
fallen into the hands of the British
officials, and It is further Intimated
that a widespread plot, embracing the
Beluchls and others, has been "Uncov
ered. The truth or falsity of theso
stories will develop hereafter, but the
fact remains that the largo increase
in the strength of the British artillery
In India cannot be Intended for use
against tho Afridls,
WHO CAPTURED GEN. LEE?
Lltccords Show That It Was Scrgcnnt
Hawthorne of mist Now ork.
Washington, Sept. 19. An argument has
arisen between tho members of the Thirty-
seventh Massachusetts and the One Hun.
urcu aim iivemyursi ev iiijv volun
teers over tho capture of General Custls
Leo at the battle of Little Sailor crer.k,
April 6, 16GJ. According to tho war de
partment records, Sergeant Harris S.
Hawthorn, of tho Ono Hundred and
Twenty-first New York, was tho captor
of General Lee, and a. medal was awarded
him for the part he took In tho capture.
The Thirty-seventh Massachusetts dis
puted the capture by Hawthorn, and
wants the credit given to Corporal White,
of their regiment. Tho war department
recently wrote for information on the
subject, and a reply was recently re
ceived from Sir. liawxnorn. lie saya mac
Genoral Leo surrendered to him alone at
Sailor's Creek, and refers for corrobora
tion to the record of the department In
which Is a report from (Major General 1
Wheaton, commanding the First division,
Sixth corps. An attempt was made by
others to tako his prisoner from him, he
saya, but hla colonel and Lieutenant
Hassett came to his rescue.
An Investigation mado beforo Judge-Advocate
H. B. Hlndmarsh proved the claim
of tho Thirty-seventh Massachusetts to
be without foundation. For tho capture
of Leo a furlough of twenty days was
given Hawthorn, and he was promoted
to a sergeantcy. He Incloses letters from
General G. W. C. Lee and Captain Josh
Hoath, written to the late Hon. S. D.
Locke, of Hoosick Falls, N. Y. The letter
from General Lee says It Is true that lio
was unarmed when ho was captured, but
enough of his own people were present to
protoct him If necessary. He sold he bur
rendered to a private soldier, who told
him ho belonged to the Sixth corps, com
manded byGeneral H. C. Wright, and was
takon to a place whero ho mot an officer.
It might havo been General Wheaton's
headquarters. Captain Heath says that
he was an eyewitness to tho capture.
Ho says that while his company was en
gaged in capturing the beautiful tlag of
tho Savannah guards, In which they lost
flvo men and a lieutenant. Sergeant Haw
thorn was ono of the best soldiers that
over shouldered a gun. Hawthorn adds:
"Corporal White has been carrying a.
sword which ho claims was surrendered
to him by Genoral Leo. This Is not truo,
as you can see by General Leo's letter.
When I took General Leo I demanded
his arms. His reply was, 'I have not as
much as a Jackknlfe.' I can furnish alil
davlts If necessary."
MICE IN BIG DEMAND.
A New Toy Hns Caused Tholr Price
to Itlso to Ton Cents Aplcco. ,
Wcstfleld, Mass., Sept. 10. Not a llt
tlo attention ras been attracted recently
by tho advertisement of a Westfleld tlrm
offering flvo cents for Hvo mice In any
quantity. So badly aro tho mlco wanted
by tho concern that the offor was soon
afterward raised to ton cents for each
and every llvo mouso delivered.
Some weeks ago a shoe dealer arranged
In his window an exhibition of llvo mice
and a teeter board. A mouse running up
the little board would Incline It in the op
posite direction, and as tho llToly little
creatures scampered 'back and forth over
the board It would bo almost continuously
teetering.
The show attracted much attention, and
other inventive minds saw Us possibilities
as an advertising scheme and improved
on it by replacing the teeter board by an
Inclined disk, which rotated rapidly when
tha mlco ran over Its surface. From disk
was ovolved a hat or umbrella teetotum.
This Is the most advanced stage.
A toy company quickly saw the possi
bilities and arrunged to put tho thing on
tho market. An agent with a sample case
of the attractions was sent to tho large
dtles of Ihe central and middle states,
and ho had but to show it to make a salo
on the spot.
Tho company now has orders far beyond
Its powers to fill, tho chief causo of do
lay being tho scarcity of mice. That is
why tho prlco of the rodents is quoted at
ten cents in Wcstfleld, with tho market
bullish.
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ASHORE OVER SIXTY HOURS.
Experlenco oi tho Ward Lino Stormier
Nlngnrn.
Now York, Sept. 19. Tho Ward lino
stoamcr Niagara, from South Sldo Cuban
porta, arrived today, being nshoro In San
tiago harbor for over sixty hours. Tho
Niagara left this port August 26 last, on
her usual trip to Cuban ports via Nassau,
Bahamas. On September 9, on entering
tho harbor of Santiago, sho grounded on
the Colorado shoals. A Cuban pilot was
in charge at tho tlmo of the accident. An
attempt was mado to back oft tho shoals
but without success. Tho vessel remained
in an easy position en a muddy and sandy
bottom for nearly threo days. Meanwhile
nil her cargo was discharged Into light-'
ere, also her entire supply of coal and
tho waiter In her boilers.
Finally, on September 12, tho British
steamer Marr.oluko and a. powerful tow
boat succeeded In hauling tho vessel oft
tho shoals. Captain Crooker and Chier
Officer Hathaway made a careful exami
nation of tho steamer and found her tn
Injurcd. EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS
IN TURKESTAN
Several Monuments of Antiquity Aro
Duningcd--Grcnt Blocks of Hock
Fnll nt Heme.
Tashkent, Turkestan, Asiatic itus'sta,
Sept. 19. A severo earthquake shock oc
curred hero last night and the disturb
ance ' was felt throughout tho wholo of
Turkestan.
Several monuments of antiquity wero
damaged hero and at Samarakand and
Ura-Tlubee.
llcrne, Sept. 19. Tho cantons of Glaras
and Grlsons wero visited today by a se
vero earthquake shock, accompanied by
heavy rumbling.
Tho disturbance was so distinct that it
was everywhere notlccablo and in many
iplacos great blocks of rock fell from tho
mountains.
MURDER MYSTERY UNSOLVED.
Ilridgot Hnycs, tho Victim, Buried
Yesterday nt New burs.
Newburg, Sept. 10. Miss Bridget Hayes,
who was found murdered on Thursday In
tho houso of Leverett Carppnter, by
whom sho was employed, in tho village of
Baimvllle, a suburb of this city, was bu
rled at 9 o'clock yesterday morning. A
brief funeral service was held at the homo
of her brother, Michael Hayes, 70 Has
brouck street.
A largo number of people- called yester
day afternoon and last night and looked
at the faco of the dead, which bore a life
like appearance. Tho casket had silver
handles and was covered with black cloth.
At 10 o'clock St. Patrick's church, which
Is ono of tho largest in tho city, was
crowded 'with people to attend the regular
burial services. A requlom high ma.s
was sung. Tho interment was mado in
the Hayes plot In St. Patrick's cemetery,
tho remains being accompanied hero by a
largo number of friends.
At tho Inquest tho testimony taken waa
a repltltion of tho particulars of the trag
edy as already prlirted. Mr. Henry Car
ter, tho florist, whose homo Is immediate
ly nt the rear of the Carpenter residence,
testified as to tho difficulty experienced in
effecting an entrance to the Carpenter
houso on Thursday morning, and also de
scribed tho llndlng of tho body In tho
bathroom by himself and Albert C. Smith.
Dr. Thomas J. Burke, who had assisted
at the autoisy mado pursuant to Coroner
Perott's orders, gavo a detailed descrip
tion of tho condition of tho body then,
and of the several external and Internal
Injuries discovered. The doctor's state
ment had been carefully prepared, and It
showed beyond tho possibility of a doubt
that tho woman had been subjected to as
sault by somo ono Just before her death,
and that death ensued within from two
to flvo minutes after tho Incision was
made in the nock.
Tho city police and county authorities
havo been dolns all In their power to un
ravel tho mystery surrounding the mur
der, and a lot of Pinkcrton detoctlves
havo been called in by tho district attor
ney to help them. Thus far they have
made no progress. Somo of tho detectives
scout tho theory of murder, but tho ex
amining physicians tenaciously hold to
their statement that It Is both a caso of
assault and musder.
SANITARY INSPECTOR'S REPORT.
Fifteen Hcnths from Yellow Favor
During tho Week.
Washington, Sept. 19. In his weekly re
port to tho marine hospital service. Sani
tary Inspector Brunner, at Havana, says:
For the week ending September 9, thero
were 328 deaths of which fifteen were from
yellow fever, twenty-nino from entcrla
and pernicious fevers, thirty-four trom
dysentery and llfty-Uve from entertls.
Tho Inspector eays tho'decllne from that
disease, ho thinks, being placed under the
head of entertls and enteric fever. At tho
saaio tlmo thero are not as many cases of
yerlow lever In the military hospitals as
there wero two months ago, tho soldiers
who are sick being cared for In the hos
pitals elsewhere. For two weeks, accord
ing to tho city mortellty reports, no
deaths from yellow fever h.vo occurred in
the city propor; this condition, ho says,
docs not exist.
Steamship Arrlvnls.
Havre, Sept. 18. Arrived: La Touraino,
from Now Yor.
Movll'.e, Sept. 19. Arrived: City of
Borne, New York for Glasgow (and pro
ceeded), QueeiiEtown Sailed: Lucanla (from Llv
erjvool) for New York.
Now York Arrived: Hovel, from Bre
men; Brlttannla, from Marseilles.
Nail Works Hesiime.
Anderson, Ind., Sept. 19. The American
wire nail works, employing 700 men; tho
Llpplncott lamp chimney plant, which
works 400, and Medlela. lamp chimney
works, with a llko number of men on its
pay rolls, resumed in full blast tonight
after a shut down of two months and a
half.
T1IK NEWS THIS M0KNINU.
Weather Indications Today!
Threatening Weather, Cooler.
1 General Hazleton Strike Nearlng a
Crisis.
Road to tho Klondike a Hard One.
Troops Called Out In Mississippi,
lOnglish Reverso In India Regarded Be-
riously.
2 Sport Record of Two Days' Base Ball
Games.
3 Local Sermons on the Lattlmer Af
fair.
They Must Answer Charge of Murder,
Van Horn and Abbate.
I Editorial.
Comment of the Press.
6 Local Laboring Slen Pass Resolutions
on tho Lattlmer Riot.
S Local West Sldo and City Suburban.
7 Lackawanna County News.
8 Civil Service, Past and Present.
Financial and Commercial,
DEATH AT THE
WHITE PASS
Captain Lee Says It Is q
Terribly Hard Road
to Travel.
NO TRAIL WORTHY OF NAME
Opinion of a Royal Military
College Expert.
Ills Report After nn Investigation ol
tho Overland Itoutc to the Klondike
ltcgion--Sulcldcs Aro of Frequent
Occurrence nnd There Is Moro Mis
cry to tho Sqnnre Inch Than to the
Square Milo Llsowhcrc.
Ottawa, Sept. 19. Captain A. II. Leo
ot the Kcyal Mllltnry college, who haa
been Investigating the overland routo
to the Klondike, returned last night.
Hia said: "I went from Seattle by ship
to Skaguny and Dyca with a largo
crowd of gold seekers from British Col
umbia and tho United States. Skasuay
and Dyea are two small bays, about
three miles apart, nnd from tho former
runs the trail ovur tho Chilkoot pass.
Some 3,500 gold seekers have passed
over It since last spring. If all the gold
seekers had none "by that routo many of
tho hardships complained of now would
have been averted. But two month's
ugo somo persons advertised widely
that a newer and much easier trail had
bden opened from Skaguay over tho
White pass. The result has been that
during the past ten weeks at least nlne
tcnths of tho travel has gone In thK .
new direction, and there nro now at
least 7,000 men nnd 3,000 pack animals
blocked In tho eighteen mlbs between
the sea and tho summit of the pass.
"Thero Is no trail worthy of the name.
Suicides are of frequmt occurrence,
and there Is moro misery to the square
Inch on the Skaguay trail than to tho
squnre mllo In most other portions of
the earth. Thu routo is blocked by
enormous boulders, precipices, moun
tain torrents and bog holes, and tho
almost constant rain and snow hnve, '
greatly increased the difficulties and
dangers which already existed. There
is no possible chance of ono-tenth of
the parties now on this trail ever reach
ing Lake Bonnet, only forty miles dis
tant, and even thoas that reach that
point will be unable to get to tho
Klondike this year, ns the winter sea
son has nlready set in. What will bo
the fate of thwo thousands of men, and
even women, who are thus doomed to
spend the long winter In camp in thlrt
terrible region, I hesitate to predict. It
Is impossible to find words strong
enough to condemn tho action of those
who are lurlncr men to disaster merely
to get their dollars. They nre.of course,
reaping' a golden harvest."
STOHY OF DISASTER.
Bombay, Sept. 19. Advices from tho
front show that the various columns
aro advancing against tho Mah
moukles from Panjkora nnd Shabkadr.
As yet they have met with no serious
opposition; but the difficulties of trans
portation In a mountainous and al
most pathless country are immense.
Another formidable obstacle in tho way
of rapid; movement is the lack of
water.
It is not known that tho enemy's
loss during the fight on Thursday lost
between itlie Momunds and tho Second
brigade of Genoral Sir Blndon Blood,
in the valley north of Anayat, was
very heavy.
LleutenantWatsonwas thrloe wound
ed whilo gallantly leading a handful
of buffs, who routed a large body of
tho enemy that was trying to storm
the village In which General Jeffreys,
with guns, had taken up a position
after missing main body in the gloom
Thursday night.
It appears that the enemy lost ISO
men before they captured the Saragal
police post. They burned alive two
Sikh cooks 'whom they captured whilo
out hunting for fire wood.
The queen hns sent tho following
dispatch with reference to the reverso
near Camp Anayat:
"I am deeply grieved at tho loss
of so many brave officers nnd men.
I earnestly destro to be Informed as
.bo tho condition of all the wounded.
Tho conduct of tho troops was most
admirable."
CHINESE LIKE OUR GOODS.
Thov Prefer American Fnbrlcs, Oils,
1'loiir, Canned Goods mid Monts.
Washington, Seat. 19. The United
States consul nt Amoy, China, says 1n a
recent dispatch to tho state department
that "tho Chlneso peoplo prefer Ameri
can cotton fabrics, spinnings, flour, oils,
canned goods and meats and even buy
them at higher prlcfes than other Impor
tations can bo had for." He also say3
"there Is a moro amlcablo feeling exist
ing between tho natives and foreigners at
Amoy and In the surrounding country
than probably exists at any other port In
China."
He thinks tho rapid Increase of trade be
tween tho United States nnd this port of
China should command the attention of
American merchants and of tho United
States government. '
Trcnly of Pence Signuri.
Montevideo, Sept. 19. The treaty of
peace between tho government and tho
Insurgents waa signed today.
Tho Horuld's Wcnthcr Forocnst.
New York, Sept. 20. In tho middle
states and New England, today, rartly
cloudy to fair wcathor will prevail, with
falling temperature and fresh southwest
erly to northwesterly winds, preceded by
rain on the southern coasts of this section
and followed by frosts in tho northern dls.
trlcts. On Tuesday, In both of theso sec
tions, clear and Bllghtly cooler weather
will prevail, with light to fresh north
westerly to westerly winds and becomlmr
southeasterly, followed by rising temper-aturo.
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